This Weekend @ the Boxoffice: 2009.Feb.20

[Mark]

These days it is a limited run, the greater opening weekend take the longer it takes to get to the pull number but these days, 10 weeks is life on the big screen.

30% to 40% of the "domestic take" comes from opening weekend.

I guess one of the few alternate strategies is one used by films like Gran Torino when it's this time of year and the Oscars are looming.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I guess one of the few alternate strategies is one used by films like Gran Torino when it's this time of year and the Oscars are looming.

It is about to drop off...

Domestic: $130,002,150 95.3% + Foreign: $6,447,498 4.7% = Worldwide: $136,449,648


Release Dates: December 12, 2008 (limited) - January 9, 2009 (wide)

Opening Weekend: (limited, 6 theaters) $271,720 ($45,287 avg)

Opening Weekend: $29,484,388 (wide, 2,808 theaters, $10,500 average) % of Total Gross: 22.7%

Widest Release: 3,045 theaters

In Release: 68 days / 9.7 weeks

One of the big issues these days is number of screens, then the DVD market and On-Demand markets, which is HUGE. The big screen is becoming a form of advertisment.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

ROFL!! I had to choke back coffee to avoid spewing it all over keyboard, desk and monitor! Classic.

Reminds me of the cat fiasco in Meet The Parents.

A movie about milking cats would be better than many movies these days.